News + Announcements
Press Release – Scientists Recommend Removing Catch Limits, Increasing Allocation Limits for US Pacific Territory Longline-Caught Bigeye Tuna (20 June 2019)
HONOLULU (20 June 2019) The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council concluded a three-day meeting today in Honolulu recommending bigeye tuna catch limits and allocation amounts for the US Participating...
HI DLNR Press Release – FOUR BOTTOMFISH RESTRICTED FISHING AREAS WILL RE-OPEN JULY 1st (June 20, 2019)
DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES DAVID Y. IGEGOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASECHAIRPERSON FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 20, 2019 FOUR BOTTOMFISH RESTRICTED FISHING AREAS WILL RE-OPEN JULY 1st (Honolulu) - Four of the 12 Bottomfish Restricted Fishing Areas (BRFAs)...
Spring 2019 Pacific Islands Fishery Newsletter
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Press Release – Kona Crab, Bigeye Tuna among Fishery Science Discussions Next Week in Honolulu (11 June 2019)
Kona crab drawing. Courtesy NOAA Fisheries/Kat Uno HONOLULU (11 June 2019) Renowned scientists from throughout the Pacific will meet June 18-20 in Honolulu to consider a range of issues facing the offshore fisheries of Hawai'i and the US Territories of American...
FR Notice – Pacific Island Pelagic Fisheries: 2019 U.S. Territorial Longline Bigeye Tuna Catch Limits (Jun. 21, 2019)
Action Proposed specifications; request for comments. Summary NMFS proposes a 2019 limit of 2,000 metric tons (t) of longline-caught bigeye tuna for each U.S. Pacific territory (American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)). NMFS...
Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity FY2020
NOAA Fisheries is pleased to announce the 2020 Saltonstall-Kennedy (S-K) Grant competition is currently open. This year's solicitation consists of two separate submission processes. All interested applicants must submit a two (2) page Pre-Proposal to the Federal...
Book Announcement – Tradition-Based Natural Resource Management : Practice and Application in the Hawaiian Islands
Tradition-Based Natural Resource Management : Practice and Application in the Hawaiian Islands Palgrave Studies in Natural Resource Management has just announced the release of " Tradition-Based Natural Resource Management: Practice and Application in the Hawaiian...
FR Notice – List of Fisheries for 2019 (May 16, 2019)
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.ACTION: Final rule.SUMMARY: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) publishes its final List of Fisheries (LOF) for 2019, as required by the Marine...